The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement that entered into force last February is set to boost goods and services trade between two economic superpowers that are already close partners.

European trade policy is the object of numerous critiques, particularly concerning its lack of transparency and democratic control. 

With no common industrial policy and given the great openness of its internal market, Europe has missed the latest waves of technological innovation: microelectronics, computers, mobile telephones, internet. 

The European Union remains an area in which there is fierce tax competition between its member countries.

The European Union has just established a screening framework for foreign investments, primarily in response to the Chinese investment offensive.

A big team losing a football match would not necessarily cause much of a fuss. However, the defeat of Real Madrid at the hands of Ajax in the knockout phase of the Champions League (Europe’s major tournament for top-division clubs) marks the beginning of a new era in the business of football.

The new legislation on haulage road transport, limiting East European companies’ access to Western European markets, is perceived by many in the East as yet another attempt to prevent citizens of new EU members states from reaping the benefits of the Single Market.